ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,256, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ROVEMA GMBH (Fernwald, Germany).
"Method for operating a flow-wrapping machine" was invented by Markus Rinn (Pohlheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a tubular bag machine having a film web capable of unwinding from a supply reel, a shoulder for forming the web into a film tube, a take-off unit serving to move the tube, a longitudinal sealing device for welding the tube parallel to its transport direction by a longitudinal seam, a sealing device with jaws for producing transverse seams in the tube, a separating element for separating finished tubular bags from the...